“Need a nudge to get those creative juices flowing? Women looking for a casual, creative environment where they can share their words would do well to sign up for this motivating and positive experience.” – Austin Chronicle
“Pencil in some time for yourself… participants de-stress, remember past experiences, and look toward the future.” – The State
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Write Your Life as a Woman with T. Dean Adams
non-academic, creative writing class offers a retreat from the digital world

Greenville - Local writer, writing coach and media consultant (Ms.) T. Dean Adams offers women a creative retreat from all things digital in "Write Your Life as a Woman" workshops. The non-academic, creative writing workshop leads women through in-class writing exercises they then read out loud. The gentle motivation and inspiration guides women to see the value in their life's journey and find their voice in both writing and in life. Writers of all levels of experience benefit from the workshop, as well as non-writers, and no writing experience is required. Students range in age from 18 to 84. Phones, laptops and computers are not allowed in the writing space to eliminate distraction. Instead students write with pen or pencil in journals or on notepads.

Adams has created and led workshops for over 20 years beginning in Charleston with Collecting Your Memories for seniors and Write Your Life as a Woman. She served as the associate editor for Texas EMS Magazine, and was a columnist for The Post and Courier, skirt! and The Free Times. Her credits also include columns, commentary, articles and short stories in publications such as Austin Monthly, Austin American-Statesman, Charleston Regional Business Journal, Columbia Business Journal, Point magazine and many others. Most recently Adams presented the workshop at N.E.W. Leadership Texas, at the University of Texas' Women's and Gender Studies Department as a faculty in residence for the nonpartisan political training for college women. Adams is a native of the upstate and recently returned to South Carolina after a decade in Austin, Texas.

The popular class attracts a diverse group of women from songwriters, to business professionals, to retirees and many others. Student's descriptions of the class include: "motivating," "helped me to build confidence in my writing and a better sense of self-esteem," "... gave me confidence and faith in myself, in others and in the world in general. It was a true blessing," and "... tapped into parts of me that were long dormant. Opened doors of creativity and intuitiveness I didn't know I had." An often-repeated description is "better than therapy, and certainly a lot less expensive."